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Since they hadn't reached the brick pipe that I wanted another picture of last night, I was told to come back today. Of course, when I did, it was long gone. Oh, well.

No one today knew anything about a third opening near Anderson and Union, so, hopefully, the guy who told me that last night was just misinformed.

I have to get on one-way Ward St to park when I come home, but Main St was closed between Passaic St and Maple Ave. What to do? A cop advised me to come down Passaic and there'd be an opening in the barrier on Main and just make a left.

Sounded simple...........until I got to Union and Passaic, where a detoured NYC-bound 165 bus on Union was trying to make a left onto a backed-up Passaic St. It seemed like it took about 20 minutes to get from Union to Main St, where the REAL problem was.

Main St traffic was turning east and west onto Passaic. There were always 2 westbound-to-be cars from Main in the intersection when Passaic had the light, so nothing moved. When it DID, the westbound cars on Passaic that were stopped at Main were right behind them, so it was pretty difficult to turn left onto Main.

According to the latest update from the City, this should only be a problem for another day or two, when Main St will be reopened.


In the first picture, they're getting the replacement pipes in place.

In the second, the little digger from last night is gone.

In the third, I didn't like the shot I got of this last night, so I had to get a cleaner one of it today. There's not a lot of humor in this project, so I have to take it when and where I find it.



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 ............I came across these random images: The Record issue from the day after Pearl Harbor, The China Inn on Main St MC, and the New Hackensack Fire Co patch (New Hackensack - like the larger Wappingers Falls - is a village within the Town of Wappinger.......even though there's no actual town called Wappinger that you can go to. New York's screwy like that).



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http://xrl.us/PoorToTheWest


Unused/undated.

Remember when I wrote this a week ago?

"Of interest to those who think General Poor's statue has only faced one direction, this shows him facing north instead of the current south. If I recall correctly, he's faced in three directions, though I don't remember what the third orientation was.

Probably toward his tavern." 


I was right!



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http://xrl.us/5HackOLDPCs


This is a pretty good deal for ten bucks!

Old Main St, Court Square (The Green), the old High School, the Armory, and the old Court House (which could probably command ten bucks by itself).

I'd value the lot at $25-$30.



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The cover of this book - which was copyrighted in 1908 - is usually red. I have one of those and also an identical one in blue. When you open it up, the writer's signature is there:

Onward and upward:

This is a video I took from my apartment on August 25, 2009 when the Anderson St crew was working 24 hours a day. Oddly enough, they're shown doing the exact same work that the new crew is doing today (and yesterday, as I posted then).

http://xrl.us/25Aug09Anderson

To the outsider, it seems roughly analogous to a toothless man who was given a new set of dental implants, then has them all extracted, and then has a second set put in.

<a href="http://v6.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=2dwamq1&amp;s=6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://v6.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=2dwamq1&amp;s=6</a>

This is a significant quality of life issue that should be very easy to remedy.

You would think so.


I found an interesting video of the above-mentioned CASA after-school program announcements (and more bells) that was taken between 5-6pm on December 14, 2005. Pay attention - there's important stuff about baby-sitting here.

As you'll also hear, students were constantly being called to the office...........maybe those in charge thought the students were hiding out in neighborhood homes, because it certainly was loud enough for all to hear (even low-flying overhead jets couldn't completely drown this guy out............and listen to the sound of the disconnections!):


http://xrl.us/MschCASA2005


How's THAT for a cacaphony!

(and how's that for a perfect word: "caca-phony")


BTW - if the video link doesn't work for you, try the download link below.



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